Latching mechanism for lockers



Sept. 2,1930. J. woRLEY; JR.,' I LATCHING MEVQH'ANISM FOR-LOCKERS' 2 Sheets-Sheei 1 Filed May 1924 Sept. 2, 1930. J. WORLEY, JR., ET AL 1,774,733

LATCHING MECHANISM FOR LOCKERS Filed May 19, 1924 2 She ets-Sheet 2 JOHNV'IWORLEYL'JRI, AN?ELMER L- VREELANDQF-LOQIZANGFJIES, QALiiQBN iA; As -g I swim-es To .woemy &;oo.,"oF os ANeELEs, CALIFORNIA, A conronmr ou 01 I I I .{thhlieetio iffilettiillley 19,.1924. se 'ielflof714,323,: I I I @Thisinyehtioh' has tol do ger i'rallyiut ith tiootheol connection with tliei several latches i lockers or cabinets whereinhingedcloorsare Wherebyfilatchjbar' reciprocation, a'ocomel V providedWith latohmg meohe isfmsfbtholcl-y plish'eclz-by niovemen't of 'a "'ha nclle'directly 7 ing them olos'echi ahd:i'shiore j 'artieulerly Connected to the bar e' ntl-ihofvalole over the 1 concerned with a novel e oflatchin mech-outerjfaceotthe door "mioart's' ivotelimove- 2 H v a a l. 1 50 anism together" withf nejzinsfor' lookirigfthe h ent to the hatches andthereby releases thefh h i m ggiimg y m ntg 1 II lfron 'engagemelit with keepersj' which are I .The inve'n'tionis p ai-ticul Irlyapplieebk to j provided on thestatiohary partofthelooker lockers ofthe sheet'metaltype, suchf'as ere structure I I I 7 1o; used in sc hool's'or' factoi iesifor the reception The, pivotal mountingsofthe latches and T I and storageof clothingeaoh lockerbeing of I theooonneotlonsbetween the latchesafntl letoh- I a' si'ze to receiveithe-clothiiigior ,Wreps'o'f but her are so relatively erreng'ed'thatthe latches] gone ortwo individuals." ;'In 'o dee op rly:to are adapted to rotate bene fulfill their functiolysuoh.lookei skmust have il-zeepers from below, and gravity; aetingfon,

i -'-door openings of considerable,Vertical exten the bar, serves yieldingly to retain theletche anal yet the latching and.:loeking'imeohanism in latching position the-jlzitohes being cli'se'n 3 .I

athaIid'eiigagethei-Q o j on the relativelylong, naIIQOWFdOQI S must'be gageel from theirkeepers by: lifting t e-be of 'feletive' light oonstructioubu-t off a chat through theinecliumof"itshantllef Thus; we"

act'er to resist'lt'eihperihglfCo equently itis accomplish latchj cliseugagemeht Iloy%i'mpa 1-t 2o customary l-tolatchsiicli door'sflatfa"p1uiality ing'e hatui'el lifting movement to theheridle,

' ofpoints along the door jemb and to'provicle -ehcl yet or'eversing meehehism neeclbe ro an actuating barcomhlonlto all of the latchesf *vilcljed betwee i handle and latches; This con- I" V "It is among the] objects of our iriye ti-on' str u ctioh 'feclucesthe "number of -Wo rl;ihg I 1 to; provide a doorlatohing-andlookihg mechparts'to-a inihimum,and (luetothe inclepend -fl ,2 5 "aiiism which especially Well meets t heIIi eeiitfmounting of each lateh-aiid the relative-@ 'qui'r'emeht noted;about mehaiiisnifthetfis" lylrloose connection-betweenthe hitches end durable, simple of construotio *i easilygin-githeir'commonher,stt-eins -imposeol on 0ne J V stalledl 'without unduly mutilat'iriig thelocker 'let,ch arelnot transferrecl to another, zt d{pry I door, comparatively light, and capable off fling action directedegaihst the heir-innoway fectively resisting allbut 'themost strenuous elie'ots'the locking engagement of theljatohesi 3 3- I i 7 attempts to force thedooi I I sincethe latches are expo I I I I Preferably, the latohesare grevityractuatstrains and toQno aecumulatecl streins', tliey ed'and are adapte'cl to.enga ge their"keepers may be of comparatively light construot'iom automaticall during .f door elos'ih'g I movean obvious advantage from the standpoint of 'ment; though our-'i ventionflnits 'broeeler the manufacturer andptirchasenf T go aspects,"s'riotlimitecl to mechanisms having I WVe' have also devised a iiovel padlock at f these particular charaeteristies; tachmentwhich-has manyipoihts of supeii- {As 'clifferentietecl froni the usuel typeof "orit'y, but this,,togethefwith other features i I or f -platol1i11g'mec11anisrh (wheifeiue plurality of" of novelty and obje'ejts'of the invention, may 7 v o 40' latches are rigidly mounte'cl' on a common be'discus'sedto better advantage in theT fol- 3 latch bam'ot wherepafsli'diug latc'h bar is lowing.detaileddescription;reference being .aclapteclto engages plurality*offfgtatibnary had to the ac'oom'panying'elrawin'gsin which :1 r latch elements) We hate in clependehtly and 'Fi-gLfl' is a, front elevation of a locker pivotally moulitedthe several-latches oh'the' equippecl'with our letbhihg mechanism;

45, cloor A verticallyslidahle latch 10m" has 'Fig. 2 is a detached perspective view of alon '7 $9 1 mily 'to-minor l' doore ot a door frame member with it and tl'ie 'handle;

the locker, and one o plates of the locker being mlOWD-.ln,SGCtlOlL;

from. the inside thereof;

7 F ig. Sis a fragmentary perspective view f of the insideof the door "with the latch bar removed;

- ing the mechanism ofFigs. '3 and 4 in assembled and coactlng relatlon together with. a

bar 'for'i'novin tliellatches' a lock bein shown inldottedlines iii order to expose more fully the connection between -Fig. Gis an elevation of the door and fdoor frame members with one of the latches n engagement with its keeper, the mechan sm inside of walls or pm the he side being shown; as viewed v Fig, .7 is "an enlarged section on line? ig.,8xis a-lioriz on'tal section on line- 8 8 of'Fig/ZQ a 7 i At the outset, we wish to make the reservation that .wlnlewe have i nustrated and will describethe locker has ded with an internal :marginal flange to w'arenot necessary to the invention in its 'broader;aspects,-.and their illustration T and 1 description, are not to 'ing'the invention;

be construed 'as limit First referring to F-ig.

.-i-ir'on 1-Orand,;\;ertical;angle irons 11 and 12, theside and top plates'P ofthelocker being form of keepers is not lIHPQI'Ll I tzvention, we have illustrated three of them,' 1 each consisting of; a foot piece 19 fastened sheet metal {-17, when the door is "close-cl, are-the, scvei al joined to theframe in any suitablemann'erf Door 13 in its referred f 'rni is made u 10f 7 g l 7 7 plate .14 hinged 'to irame angle 1 12fa't 15' and'havin-g an inturned marginal lun 3 i,

Vertically spaced along and secured to frame'an le. 11, which lies ad acent ha;

keepers- 18. Vhile lithe exact number and it to this in to-the for-ward llegof iron 11, a portion fwhich extends substantially parallel vto t flange 17 when the dooris closed, and a cross bar 21 extending at substanti'ally right angles with portion QOand lying across the inner edge-0f flange "'17 when the door closed.

' The cross-bars ofone orall the keepers may havev notches 22 to provide opposed stop shoulders 23 and along the lower edges thereof, these stop shoulders servingto preventthe doorfrom being'forced by inserting quipped with our latchesand as viewed 'ment with keepers the latch: bar

portion o I being adapted to J: 1 ()1 an a med latch.

{a given notch is such that requisite lost motion h an angle iron door frame, andthe door as being pro- ,wh ch thellatch'es are pivoted, these features 1 the door frame oi the locker; 1s made-up of horizontal angle a prying tool between the door frame and latcl Piv'oted at 25along flange 17 and in aline- 18, are the oscillatory latches 26. If desired the latches may be horizontallyspaced from the flange by Washer 27 (Fig. 6). The latches being typical, we will describe but one in detail. it one side of pivot 25 is provided a hook 28 having bevel or cam nose Q9 and adapted to engage beneath behind an associated keeper bar At-the other side of pivot 25 is provided" a projection or tooth 80 which extends at substa-i'itially right angles withlthe body or the latch;

' A latch bar 31 is verticallyl-slidable along flange 17, being guided and limited in its movem'entby headed studs 82 which are anchored :on the flange and extend through suitable har slots Pre""erably, the major I "the bar her son the inner face of flange: 17, and the bar is oil se't at 3? so as to overlie and clear c ies '26. lhe' bar oii'sets have notches 3% along their edges, each notch *elve the projection 30 he horizontalcxtent of betweenbarand latch may occur during their relative movement. it will be seen that we have provided pin and slot coifihection (or it may also be properly called a toothed connection?) between bar and latches, and. that recip'rocato'ry moveme t' of th e' bar im arts oscillator movei'nent to the latches.

Of course, it lies withinthescope of our "broader'claims to var ,the connection over proper; o r'a eerie-sot meshing-teeth finight he provided on the latch and bar.

With bar 31st the limit of its down movemerit as established by studs 32, latches 2 6 ere in tlatclnng position? aiid are in engagement withkeeperS rashes. the door 18 closed? In order to 11ft bar 31 and thereby rotate latches 26 in a clockwise direction, asviewed in Fig.

5, inorder to release hooks from keepers 18, we provide a handle 35 which is vertically movable over the outer face of door 13and is connected to bar by'horizontal arms 37,

one or more in'numbcr. Preferably, arms 37 haveenlargements or bosses 38 intermediate their ends, which bosses are adapted to hear L against the door face, and the inner portions 37 of the arms extend through door slots'39 and lO. F or the time being, we will disregard the peculiar characteristics of theslot formation and will merely state that the slots are of sufilcient vertical'extent to admit of necessar handle movement. Vhile we refer to establish the limiter" latch bar move ment (which limit, in turn, determines the v keepers; aptill'on the h "die-serves to swing normal pos tion;

"e'Xtr'eriie' positions {or the latches by -st1'1ds; 32 and slots--33, itisohviou's that may ropor: tion slots 3980 theyflyitlrfarnis Ytinay' serve toestablish'the limit of etch move ent; "'Aitertl eratorlitts han'dle35 i j i the latches in a eiockwisedirection, a if I in Fig. 5, out of engageinentwi.

the door sp l; and whenthehandleis"subse quently released; bar 3.1 gi'eyitates ibaeki to I p v V thereby'rotating the letches 1112a: counter clockwisef "directiongbaelz to,

latching position When the door is's' bse quently swungshut, the handle need not be lifted to reengage theflatchesand keeper's; for own noses 29 r de beneathbars 21, rotate clockwise direction and ing ,thelatches in a coincidently lifting the bar with its hjan'die,

and as the door closes and as nosesilQQclear the keeper bar's,bar3l grayitatesaiid'ceiises a re-engagement of'jthe latches and itheir' keepers. y a

\Ve have illustratedtwo, locking devices for the latchomechanism,*eitherior both of which may be used in connection with a? giyen locker, 7

In Figs. 5 end tiwe have shown'a lockth;

of either the'key-actuated'or combinetlon 137*" extends, is comparatively bending or pressingthe iipfllfi whichiis type, secured to doorplate 14' Thelocl; bolt 45 is adapted to be shot over \Ve have provided a iiovelpadlocl: attach"- inent, best illustrated in 7 and'SL Aperture e0 through "wideqand is formed by first eutting 'a'late i l and then fined byfthe out, ontward'lyirom th e'izi oe' o the door so it forms a stationary lock element or projection. Preterablypthe, lip i is cut away so it stops considerably"shortiof the bottom of the aperture as clearly show in 37 1121321 Vertically Fig. 7. Boss38 oner n extending Way 47 which receii'eslip Q6 and normally allows uninterrnpted movement of 'he handle over the lip. 'llneiiect, therefore, boss 38-is'a yoke which streddles the station ary loclcelement 46. Tliea'rms of the-yoke have registering evesttllwhich lie justbeh neath lip 46 when the handle is in lower n 0st 7 position, and the eyes are adapted to receive stages of handle movement,

the shackle or bolt 49 o'f padloek 50" It is obvious that the shackle, in its {engage t with the loweriedee of he up,

prevent disengagement-0t the'latches from their keepers. "Boss38 protectslip 46 against 1 tampering, and since Way 47 is of considerable length, the lip is enclosed throughout In the event itris' desiredto their 'lreepers;

v sequentlowering of V v p ll' in useithe same efiect may be gained by,

't'ersth'e in; design, arrangement and of the bar imparts pivotal movement 1';

latches, a stationary lockingv velelnent ongthe 1 enter faceofthe door and formedjby cutting y the doorian-djpressingoutwardlythat pore v tion ofithe doorQwhichis'defined :the out; I v "a handle-movable overtheoiitside of the doorat 42 and ham 3 ng a usual nose projecting through theoiiter o v face of the door through aperture l4 (Fig. l.) one 7 fot the handlerar'ms' 37 to prevent-the latch bar from being; lifted andhence preventing a disengaging'rotat-ionof the-latches.

which the lower ,arni

the latches being :f'illtllerf-hg "angle? flange gage" the "keepers, A p adapted ftoloscillat'e" in a planesubstantially andextendin'g will". prevent upward movement of handle 35 andtherebyf' lock the latch flock 'sheclile inserted above lip 46 (assuming apertures 39 and i0 are'of s'uiiioient .e;tent to allow thishandlel noveinent) to pre'ventusubithe he ndle.

shooting boltee"beneatharm 37 i'andleisraisedi".3 t

' structure] may ibei made w thout departing from the spirit 'Withlock rn'eeh anisin" in such position that thei'latches v 'inaynot bebronght into engagementvith n for instance;v ,a tterga locker renternas given nil-possession of. aip'afrtienlar locker, the'handlezmay be litte'dandthe pad- It willb'e understood that varions'cnenges i 3 v .SOI and scope of our invention and therefore We Wishto reserve .to ourselves; allchanges which liewithinthe scope oiourbroader claims. J'- Hav ng described a ,preterred \IEOIIII' of our invention, we claim 1 "A5locker-hzwing'a doorhingedthereto, V v pluralityofkeepers secured to the locker iadjacentthe'door, latches piirotallynionnted l onthe door and adapted to engagethelgeep} .ers; a' latch bar longitudinally 'slidablefnpon I the doorjandh a'vin'gtoothed connection with theclatches :jwhereby, longitudinal inove" nt handle and locking elementfior preventing"; if

relative inovement therebetween;

2311115. locker iaving idoei therealong,

'latches pivotally p rallel to thefflan'ige plane, projections ,Qoni

said oiiset. portions beseid latch projections,

frame iand a.

;and'having-mnerm extending through the; -:aperture which is left in the door by the out- Ward pressing of the locking element said ai-Inbeing connected to said latchbandi releasable' nieansfedapted to eeajctf ith-the I V at'substantially: right.angles to the latches, a latch'baryertically slidable- .npon the flangeand fhayi-ngiotlset. ti overlying the latches, i-ing'provideol with notches adaptedto receive thenotch and projection connections between bar and latches ,beingo. adapted to I translate yertica'l inoveln'ent of the ,fbar into pivotal: movement of the I latches, and :amovablehandle on the outside {thedoor and-obese tively connected:t v h H bal.

f E' 3 e I 1 p 5. "3.11111 a locker; he com n on oif-ielshee metal doorya movable latching element onethe inside of the door a handle movable over the outer face of'the door and operativelyconnecte-d'lto the latching element, a locking elev ij'metaldoor, a movable latchinglelement on the I ,lnsldeofthe"door, a handle movable oyer Inenton theouterlface of the door and formed by cutting the door and pressing outwardly that portion of the door which isldel'ined by the cut,;and releasable means adapted to coact :with the handle and prevent relative movement therebetweenl locking element to 4. In-a locker, the conibination'ogt a sheet the outerflface of the door and coperatively I fconnected to the latching element,

=ele1nenton the outer face of the" door and a locking 7 formed by cutting the door and pressing outi fwardly that portion of the door which .is

.ELMER L. VREELAND.

1 defined by the cut, saidlocking element being 7 therebet'ween. I

sojpositioned that it traversed by the ham dle during movement thereofland releasable lockin g ele'ment to prevent relative movement 5. ln alocker the combination. 01"" a sheet "metal door, a locking element onthe door iorlne'd by cutting the door and (pressing outwardly that portion of the door which is de-V fined by the cut, a movable latching-element on the. inside of the door, a handle'movable over'the outer faceof the; door,'1an arm on I the handle andextending through the aper v '1 ture which is pressing of the locking element lsaid arm being adapted to operatively connect the handle and latchingelement, and releasable fmeans adaptedto coact with the handle and V locking element for preventing relative movement.therebetween.-

left in the door by :the outward 6; In a '-locker, the combination ofa sheet metal'door, a movable latching element on the insi'de'ofthe door a handle movable-over the outer faceof the door and operativelyconnected tothe latching element a stationary lock memberpropcting. from the outer face 'of 'the door, said member being formedcby :cuttingthe" door and pressing outwardly-that means adaptedltocoactwiththe handle and portion of the doorwhichvisdefinedbythe -cut, a yoke on the handle adapted to straddle I vment ,offthe handle, adaptedto coact with i tweein I and'traver'se the lock member during 1noveand releasable means the "yoke and member for preventing relativemovement therebe- 7. Inca locker having a-door frame and a door'hinged at one edgethereto, the free edge of the door having avertically extendingand substantially right angle flange therealong,

' said flange extending horizontally into the interior of the locker, a secured to the doorfranie adJaCent the flange,

"latches pivotally mounte'don the flange and adapted; to oscillate in a plane substantially 6% parallel to the flange plane into and out of plurality of keepers v engagement with the keepers, a latchbar I iitl 

